Tec Instructor Training course
The PADI Tec Instructor Course qualifies you to teach the PADI Tec 40 course. If you have not done the Tec 45 diver level course you will need to this first unless you have a qualifying cert from another training agency.
The PADI Tec Instructor Course qualifies you to teach the PADI Tec 40 course. If you have not done the Tec 45 diver level course you will need to this first unless you have a qualifying cert from another training agency.
Requirements to Qualify as a Tec Instructor through a DSAT Tec Instructor Training Course with Easy Divers in Cyprus.
To enroll in a DSAT Tec Instructor training course, you must meet the following criteria:
- Be a renewed PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or a PADI Instructor with a higher rating).
- Be a PADI Enriched Air Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization. For this program, a qualifying certification is proof of certification in enriched air nitrox diving with training that includes gas analysis, cylinder labeling, oxygen toxicity, oxygen exposure.
- Be a PADI Enriched Air Instructor, or have successfully completed a PADI Enriched Air Instructor training course.
maximum depth limits and planning enriched air dives with different enriched air blends (not just EANx32 and EANx36).
- Be a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor, or have successfully completed a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor training course.
- Have a minimum of 100 logged dives, where at least 20 dives were made with enriched air nitrox, 25 dives were deeper than 18 metres/60 feet and at least 15 dives were deeper than 30 metres/ 100 feet.
- Upon successfully completing the DSAT Tec Instructor training course, before sending your application to PADI, you must meet the following criteria:
- Be a renewed PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer or PADI Instructor with a higher rating.
- Be a PADI Enriched Air Instructor.
- Be a PADI Deep Diver Specialty Instructor.
- Be certified as a DSAT Tec 45 Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization. For the purposes of this level, a qualifying certification is one that qualifies you to make decompression dives to 45 metres/145 feet using air, EANx and oxygen using double cylinder, open circuit scuba equipment. The PADI Course Director conducting the Tec Instructor training course may include the Tec 45 diver level training and certification in the program, issuing the certification when you successfully complete the DSAT
- Have a minimum of 20 stage decompression dives.
- Have successfully completed the Tec Instructor Exam.
When One Tank is Not Enough, Think Technical!
Technical diving is a growing market in Cyprus and the demand for qualified PADI TecRec Instructors continues to increase. If you’re a PADI Professional who is into tec diving and want to join the tec pro ranks, earning a Tec Instructor rating is the first step!
Other Technical Instructor Ratings:
Other Technical Instructor Ratings:
- As a Tec Deep Instructor, you can teach the full range of deep open-circuit technical diving courses including Tec 40, Tec 45 and Tec 50 Diver courses
- Tec Trimix Instructors can offer any of the Tec Deep Diver level courses and can also teach Trimix 65 and Trimix Diver courses
- Becoming a Tec Sidemount Instructor is a natural progression for TecRec Instructors who want to integrate sidemount use into their open-circuit technical diving courses
- The Tec Gas Blender Instructor rating doesn’t have a tec diver certification requirement, but does require you to be a PADI Enriched Air Instructor and an experienced gas blender
- Tec 40 CCR Instructor is the first instructor-level for teaching TecRec closed- circuit rebreather (CCR) courses. At this level, you can teach the Tec 40 CCR Diver course
- Tec 60 CCR Instructors take the next step up and can teach both the Tec 40 CCR and Tec 60 CCR Diver courses
- Tec 100 CCR Instructors can teach all three Tec CCR Diver courses – 40, 60 and 100
- If you’ve got special expertise, you can be authorized as a TecRec Specialty Instructor to offer distinctive specialty courses in technical diving. For example, some approved distinctive specialty courses include Cave Diver, Advanced Wreck Diver and Technical Rescue Diver.
As a TecRec Instructor, you’ll teach active divers the techniques for diving beyond recreational limits, using specialized equipment to manage the potential hazards of deeper depths, extended durations or long distances in overhead environments such as wrecks and caves. Keep in mind that most TecRec Instructor ratings require you to take an instructor training course from a qualified TecRec Instructor Trainer.